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The Labor government in Australia needs to stand firm on the new super profits tax on mining. Caving in to pressure from the big mining companies would set a most unfortunate precedent and have ramifications into the future.

The mining companies have millions to spend and are able to buy the support of the federal opposition as well as funding a couple of spurious political parties supposedly formed from the ‘grass roots’ to fight the new tax.  … Read more